Phillips Elementary 1994-95 Action Plan

PHILLIPS ACTION PLAN:   1994-1995
DRAFT

PROJECT SUMMARY

As the staff at Phillips embarks on developing the "river" curriculum, it
is their intent to utilize the Internet technology to secure information
during the curriculum writing phase, as well as, incorporate within the
curriculum itself both multicultural and interdisciplinary Internet 
activities in which the students will engage.

CURRICULUM PROJECT
In Grades 4 and 5 the students will investigate the following:
	Ethics policies pertaining to Internet use
	E-mail used as a communication tool on the Internet
	Research on CAROLINE
	Creation of databases
	Development of home pages for the purpose of putting student work 
	on the Internet

IMPLEMENTATION:  Smith, Johnson, Halterlein, Davidson, Alano and the Librarian

The students will be introduced to the curriculum project outlined above
by their teachers.  All teachers will review the ethics policies in their
classrooms.  The Librarian will introduce the Internet and research on
CAROLINE.  The language arts teacher s will explain e-mail and begin to
use it in their classrooms.  The science, social studies and math teachers
will develop databases with their students.  All teachers will assist in
the creation of home pages for Mosaic. 

EVALUATION:

The students will demonstrate their expertise/ability in locating "river"
titles in library catalogs (i.e., CAROLINE) on the Internet and
 extracting the essential information needed for an interlibrary loan
request for  a direct visit to the library (branch) itself.

The students will keep a portfolio that:

will provide five samples of e-mail correspondence (messages received and
sent) includes a printout of information that the students created in a 
database

The students will publish a home page for Mosaic.

CURRICULUM PROJECT

In Grades 2 and 3 the students will investigate the following:
	Ethics policies pertaining to Internet use
	E-mail used as a communication tool on the Internet
	Development of home pages for the purpose of putting student work 
	on the Internet

IMPLEMENTATION:  Hammer, Grogan, Halterlein, Romeo, Bastolla, Alano and
the Librarian

The students will be introduced to the curriculum project outlined above
by their teachers.  All teachers will review the ethics policies in their
classrooms.  The Librarian will introduce the Internet.  The language arts
teachers will explain e-mail and begin to use it in their classrooms.  All
teachers will assist in the creation of home pages for Mosaic. 

EVALUATION:

The students will provide three/five samples of e-mail correspondence
(messages received and sent) and/or logs of e-mail correspondence. 

The students will publish a home page for Mosaic.

CURRICULUM PROJECT

In Grades K and 1 the students will investigate the following:
	parts of a computer
	functions of a keyboard
	the computer as a communciation device
	home pages for Mosaic

IMPLEMENTATION:  Fleishman, Sing, Romeo, and the Librarian

The teachers will teach the parts of a computer and keyboard function keys.

The teachers will facilitate e-mail communication between students and
other classes. The teachers will assist in the creation of home pages for
Mosaic. 

EVALUATION:

The students will  label the parts of a computer.

The students will demonstrate use of the keyboard function keys. 

The students will publish a home page for Mosaic.

SUPPORT PLAN

	*assistance from the CK:P staff on using the computer hardware and
	software

	*ongoing inservice training at Phillips to determine level of
	support and needs on a monthly basis